BALTIC CRUISE # 2 July/August, 2011 One of our favorite cruises was the 12-day Baltic Cruise that we took several years ago on Royal Caribbean, so when we discovered a shorter, slightly different version of that voyage, we decided to book it. Some of the ports of call that we particularly enjoyed on the earlier cruise (Stockholm, Helsinki, and especially St. Petersburg) were included as well as new ones we had never before visited in Latvia, Poland, and on a Swedish island called Gotland. We flew to Stockholm, Sweden, on Swedish airline SAS because it offered discounted business class seats, and what a pleasant experience it was! Upon being seated, we were offered Champagne and mimosas. The seats were spacious and reclined fully, and the food, which had a Scandinavian flair, was yummy. Soon after taking
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